AI tools change weekly; here you can see what changed and what we updated because of it. Every entry says what the change is about, which guides it touches and how we reacted — so you know someone is watching over your workflows.
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September 2026
Verified
Verification run: search with citations, custom instructions, and the weekly review
Weekly verification run over the queue of longest-unverified big guides: for three articles we checked the existence and current behavior of the mentioned tools against official documentation. For the AI-search-with-citations guide, the descriptions of Claude with web search, Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini with search, Google AI Mode, and the academic tools Elicit and Consensus all still hold — the only finding was an outdated NotebookLM reference (see separate entry). For the custom-instructions guide, we confirmed ChatGPT (Settings → Personalization), Claude, and Gemini all still offer persistent account-level instructions alongside Projects as a second context layer. For the Friday weekly-review guide, the descriptions of Claude's connectors and scheduled tasks, the automation tools Zapier, Make, and n8n, and Gemini in Workspace and Microsoft 365 Copilot all still hold. Apart from the NotebookLM link noted above, all three articles held up unchanged.
The NotebookLM-to-Gemini-Notebook rename added to the AI search engines with citations guide
Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook back in July 2026, with a new address at notebook.google.com (see our earlier entries from Aug 27, Sep 3, and Sep 10) — today's verification run found the same drift in the AI search engines with citations guide, where the "Best tools" section still referred to the tool by its old name and old link. We updated the name, link, and rename note in both CS and EN; the tool's core principle (answers only from uploaded sources, with citations down to the specific document) is unchanged, so the rest of the text holds up.
Verification run: AI email drafting, document summaries, and inbox triage
Weekly verification run over the queue of longest-unverified big guides: for three articles we checked the existence and current behavior of the mentioned tools against official documentation. For the email-drafting guide, we confirmed Copilot in Outlook and Gemini in Gmail still offer inline draft replies in the client. For the document-summary guide, the descriptions of Claude Cowork (now generally available, works over a folder of files), NotebookLM (answers only from uploaded sources, with citations), Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, and Claude Projects all still hold. For the inbox-triage guide, we confirmed Claude can connect a mail connector and run triage as a scheduled task. All three articles held up unchanged.
Verification run: first AI conversation, fact-checking, and AI translation
Weekly verification run over the queue of longest-unverified big guides: for three articles we checked the existence and naming of the mentioned tools, the availability of described features (Projects, Artifacts, connectors, cited web search), and the free/paid split against current official Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google documentation. The AI-translation guide held up unchanged — Projects in both Claude and ChatGPT work as described. The first-AI-conversation guide and the fact-checking guide had the same drift (the NotebookLM rename); the fix has its own entry below. Nothing was left uncertain — everything checked was either confirmed or corrected.
The NotebookLM-to-Gemini-Notebook rename added to two more guides on AI and fact-checking
Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook back in July 2026 (see our earlier entries from Aug 27 and Sep 3) — today's verification run found the same drift in two more big guides that still referred to the tool by its old name: the beginner's first-conversation guide (tool selection) and the fact-verification guide (recommended tools). We added the rename note in both spots, in CS and EN; the tool's core principle (answers only from uploaded sources, with citations) is unchanged, so the rest of the text holds up.
Verification run: Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini comparison, NotebookLM, and Claude Code
Weekly verification run over the queue of longest-unverified big guides: for three articles we checked the existence and naming of the mentioned tools, the availability of described features, free-tier limits, and UI paths against current official documentation. The Claude Code guide held up unchanged. The big Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini comparison and the NotebookLM guide had drift — see the separate entries below.
The NotebookLM-to-Gemini-Notebook rename added to two more guides, plus current source limits
Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook back in July 2026 (see our August 27 entry for the AI-projects guide) — we've now added the rename note to the standalone NotebookLM guide and to the big tool comparison as well, both in CS and EN. We also updated the supported source-type list per Google's current help docs (audio recordings and images are now a standard source type, not a niche extra; Word/PowerPoint files were added too) and added the concrete 50-source limit on the free tier. The tool link in the guide now points to the new notebook.google.com address, which the old notebooklm.google.com now redirects to.
Claude got a sidebar directly inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Since spring 2026 Anthropic has offered add-ins for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Outlook in beta) installed from Microsoft AppSource — Claude runs inside them as a sidebar with shared context across the apps, not just as a connector. The Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini comparison used to claim Claude's office-suite integration only works through connectors and that it lacks an in-editor presence (unlike Gemini). We fixed Claude's strengths section and the comparison-table row, in both the CS and EN versions.
Verification run: three big guides on AI projects, negotiation prep, and scripts
Weekly verification run over the queue of longest-unverified big guides: for three articles we checked the existence and naming of the mentioned tools, the availability of described features, and UI paths against current official documentation. The negotiation-prep guide and the no-code scripting guide (Claude Code, Claude Cowork, voice mode, mail/calendar connectors, Google Colab) held up unchanged. The AI-projects guide had two drifts — the NotebookLM rename and the new restriction on creating custom GPTs — which we fixed; they have their own entries.
NotebookLM renamed to Gemini Notebook — updated in the AI projects guide
In July 2026 Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook — it's the same product, the core principle (answers only from uploaded sources, with passage citations) is unchanged, what changed is the name, logo, and integration across the Gemini app and Search. The AI projects guide mentioned NotebookLM three times under the old name; we added a note about the rename in all three spots, in both the CS and EN versions.
OpenAI restricted new custom GPT creation to business accounts — updated in the guide
Since August 16, 2026, only business accounts (Business, Enterprise, Edu) can create and publish new custom GPTs — personal plans (Free, Go, Plus, Pro) lost that option, though GPTs users already built there keep working and can still be edited. The AI projects guide recommended custom GPTs as a routine option for individuals; we added a note about the restriction in both the CS and EN versions so readers don't plan around an option their personal account no longer has.
Udio is becoming a closed platform after its deal with the labels
After settling its dispute with the major music labels (UMG included), Udio is rebuilding itself as a licensed platform: songs live inside the service and only leave it in limited ways. For a parent who mainly wants a song file for their phone and car, that makes it an impractical choice right now. The kids' songs guide describes it exactly this way and recommends Suno as the starting point — we verified the wording against the current state of the service.
Udio is no longer an equal alternative to Suno — we updated the AI music guide
After settling its disputes with the music labels (UMG, Warner), Udio is rebuilding itself as a closed, licensed platform: songs live inside the service and downloading files out is restricted. The stings-and-underscores guide used to suggest running the same brief through both Suno and Udio and comparing — that no longer makes sense for a workflow that ends with a file in your editing software. We rewrote the Udio entry in the tools overview: it now notes the closed platform and restricted downloads, and Suno remains the default choice for tracks headed into an edit.
Suno: the free tier gives roughly ten songs a day, non-commercial only
Suno's free tier gives a daily credit allowance good for roughly ten songs a day — and since every generation returns two variants, that is really five attempts. Free-tier songs are for personal, non-commercial use only; commercial rights are decided by the plan you were on when the song was created, not when it is published — subscribing later changes nothing retroactively. The kids' songs guide relies on exactly these numbers and rules; verified against the service's current terms.
Verification run: eight big guides passed a fact check unchanged
The first verification run over the big guides: for ten articles we checked feature and mode names, tool existence, menu paths, and the availability of described functions against current official documentation. Eight guides passed unchanged — among other things, it still holds that the ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini mobile apps have a voice mode, that Copilot in Excel now comes with a Microsoft 365 subscription, that Claude offers mail and calendar connectors with scheduled tasks and draft-saving, and that Gmail still nudges you about messages left unanswered. Two articles had drifted and were fixed — they have their own entries.
Meta launched Ads AI Connectors: a hosted MCP server and CLI, no App Review
In late April 2026 Meta launched Ads AI Connectors — two interfaces to the same thing: a hosted MCP server at mcp.facebook.com/ads and a companion CLI installed via npm. You sign in to the MCP server with your regular Meta Business account, with no developer app and no App Review; Meta recommends MCP for analysis and ad-hoc reporting, the CLI for deterministic and bulk operations. Verified against the official documentation — and we wrote a complete guide to ads and analytics over MCP; the MCP connectors overview points to ad-account work as well.
Google Calendar no longer has Goals — we removed it from the AI scheduler guide
The Goals feature, which auto-scheduled recurring activities into free slots in the Google Calendar mobile app, was shut down by Google back in November 2022 in favor of recurring events. The AI calendar scheduler guide still listed it among Google Calendar's built-in features. We removed it from the list; the rest — focus time, booking pages, and automatic declines outside working hours — still holds.
Google Analytics has an official MCP server — experimental, local, read-only
An official MCP server for Google Analytics exists and is published by the Google Analytics team itself: the googleanalytics/google-analytics-mcp repository, open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Three properties matter: it is labeled experimental (nothing mission-critical should depend on it), it runs locally on your machine, and it only reads GA4 data through the Admin and Data APIs — it cannot reconfigure or delete anything. The ads-and-analytics-over-MCP guide describes all three as both a limitation and a strength; verified against the repository and documentation.
Eleven Music: ElevenLabs now generates whole songs, vocals included
ElevenLabs, best known for speech synthesis, has a music generator called Eleven Music: from a text brief it composes a whole song including vocals, sings in dozens of languages, and its music is covered by licensing deals with music publishers. The kids' songs guide lists it as an alternative to Suno — most interesting for parents already using ElevenLabs for audio versions of their texts, who now get music and spoken word under one roof. The audio-versions guide stays unchanged, its tool simply covers music now as well; we verified both against the current state of the service.